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Marble Hall Murders

By: Anthony Horowitz
Narrated by: Lesley Manville, Tim McMullan
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Brought to you by Penguin.

FROM BEST SELLING AUTHOR ANTHONY HOROWITZ.

Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder.

She’s edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd, and both times she’s come close to being killed. Now she’s back in England and she’s been persuaded to work on a third.

The new ‘continuation’ novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace who was the biggest selling children’s author in the world until her death exactly twenty years ago.

Eliot believes that Miriam was deliberately poisoned. And when he tells Susan that he has hidden the identity of Miriam’s killer inside his book, Susan knows she’s in trouble once again.

As Susan works on Pünd’s Last Case, a story set in an exotic villa in the South of France, she uncovers more and more parallels between the past and the present, the fictional and the real world – until suddenly she finds that she has become a target herself.

It seems that someone in Eliot’s family doesn’t want the book to be written. And they will do anything to prevent it.

'Ingenious' Sunday Times
'Thrilling and compelling with a stunning twist' Daily Mail
'Anthony Horowitz is an absolutely exceptional writer' Daniel Mays

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Critic Reviews

An absolutely wonderful writer
A masterclass in mystery writing.
Horowitz pushes back the boundaries of ‘plot structure’ – he creates a book within a book where the narrative and the characters of each one are cleverly mirrored. He’s a genius
Anthony Horowitz is one of my all-time favourite authors. Marble Hall Murders is a beautiful read and we are all in for a real treat
Diabolically clever . . . . Horowitz’s multilevel romp . . . serves up an elegant plot while lampooning writers, publishers, murderers, rich people and golden-age mystery stories. It’s a cliché to describe prolific authors as being at the top of their game (and often seems to suggest the opposite), but it’s true here. Marble Hall Murders is as cunning a mystery as you’ll read all year.
Anthony Horowitz is one of the great masters of the contemporary page turner
Glorious fun
Plenty of puzzles, red herrings and juicy murders
Horowitz offers readers another page-turner of a puzzle, once again cleverly told as a story within a story
The dividing lines between reality and fiction (a Horowitz trademark) are deliciously intertwined.
All stars
Most relevant
...in his (we are told) final outing - yet another cracking story within a story!

Pund ponders yet again...

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Never disappointed with Anthony Horowitz-clever, thoughtful plot lines and always a twist! Also love that the female lead has been sympathetically portrayed. Not a stereotype. A1 as usual.

Twists within twists!!

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I enjoyed reading the first two books in the series but Marble Hall Murders had me fully engrossed. I really liked the audio book it’s very well narrated by Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan.

The best of all three of the Magpie Murder stories.

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I could not stop listening to this book. I loved it. No mention of any of the many great bits - you have to listen yourself.

Brilliant

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This is another brilliant novel by Anthony Horowitz, his ever twisting tale and descriptive narrative of the surrounds is like watching a movie as I listen and exceptional narration as always.

Oh Anthony you've done it again!

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